[Editor’s note: Following our launch RetailConnect service, we are starting a new segment on our blog featuring some outstanding RetailConnect partners.] Friday, 28th July – This week we interviewed Dave McCormick – the owner of Pro Kitchen Gear, one of our most impressive RetailConnect partners whose Facebook store just went live earlier this week. You [...]

The worlds largest social network, Facebook is ready to integrate a music dashboard to their site. Rumors of partnering with Spotify are only the beginning, as it is now presumed this service will be open to other music companies services and applications as well. GiaOM’s leader Malik believes Facebook’s move into music will begin with [...]

Chinese search engine giant, Baidu announced its partnership with One-Stop China, a joint venture of Universal, Warner, and Sony BMG, to tackle the music piracy in China. Once the collaboration is finalized, searches for music tracks will be directed to the official online music stores. Here, Chinese netizens – a mighty throng of 470 million [...]

Earlier in April, Sony’s online content services, Playstation Network (PSN) and Qriocity, were attacked by a group of internet hackers which took 77 million accounts offline for as long as four weeks, and then an additional two weeks as the company scrambled to bring its services back online. Sony has confirmed that the outage cost [...]

As consumers transform the way they search, shop and spend money, retailers have taken notice and adapted their spending. A recent survey by KPMG conducted last month showed impressive results on expected IT spending. The survey reveals the reactions of 100 Senior Retail Executives, which mirror the 3.5 trillion dollar industry. While recognizing the slim [...]

After Google’s failed attempt to purchase Groupon for an est. 6 Billion USD, they decided to launch a direct competitor: Google Offers. Of the six locations announced, only Portland went live at launch. Today, Google has announced that Offers has now launched in New York and San Francisco; being tailed closely by LivingSocial which has [...]

When realizing you have a choice between taking a mandatory elective online or in class, most reactions will be to choose online. If you don’t want to listen to a professor rant about pre-Confederation Canada for 3 hours- surprise, surprise, you’re not the only one. As of now, 50% of students enrolled in higher education [...]

Last week CEO and founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg announced on the brink of Google plus, that Facebook will be unavailing something “awesome” very soon. Today “awesome” was announced. Google has been working with Skype and have unveiled their new video chat instalment. Facebook’s blog announced that “A few months ago, we started working with Skype to [...]

With Google’s recent unveiling of Plus, a social network rivalling Facebook and Twitter. The potential opportunities it provides brands and businesses are exciting. Why report on it now? Google is providing some innovative new social tools brands can use to connect with their fan-base, namely Sparks and Hangouts. Sparks Sparks allow people to share interesting [...]

Last week Wishpond worked hard on our entry video to the Launch@Grow contest for start ups. After a couple of long days we have submitted our video describing just what we do at Wishpond. Our goal is to land in the top four and get the chance to demo on stage at the GROW 2011 [...]